U. Del. near-riot started as call to be in video

10:14 PM,
Sep. 11, 2013

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The News Journal

A near-riot erupted on Main Street on Monday night when more than a thousand University of Delaware students swarmed the Newark street lured by the chance to be videotaped for I'm Shmacked.

The rowdy crowd had gathered at about 11:30 p.m. in the 400 block of South College Avenue, where a disc jockey was set up in the backyard of a home on South College Avenue. Several people were seen urinating and trespassing through other yards, said Newark Police Department Cpl. James Spadola.

The party was hosted by University of Delaware students Anthony Iadisernia, 19, of Jackson, N.J., and Evan ...